Man accused of murder, sexual assault in teen's disappearance

WESTMINSTER — A Westminster man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of a 19-year-old woman, and police are actively looking for the woman's body.

Christopher Adam Waide, 23, is being held in the Adams County Jail in the disappearance of Lea Chali Porter.

Porter was reported missing by her mother on June 5, according to the Westminster Police Department.

Waide is being "cooperative" in the ongoing investigation and he's made a "statement," said Cheri Spottke, a Westminster Police Department spokeswoman.

"He is helping with finding the body," Spottke said.

The court file on the case has been sealed.

Lea Chali Porter (Westminster Police Dept. via 7News)

Investigators were at Waide's home in the Park Place at 92nd Apartments complex Friday morning looking for evidence. Several brown paper bags, taken from Waide's second-floor apartment, were loaded into a white, unmarked sports utility vehicle.

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